You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

Chapter 280: Recruiting the Weird Producer of the New VR Game (2-in-1 Order)

Seeing that everyone was a little doubtful, Lu Yu stood up and said with a smile:

"Actually, I think that when people see silicone or something like that, they don't have to think of it as a cup that's a specialty of Fiji.

This kind of external device is just for realizing the interactive form of the game.

Let me give you an example. Have you ever used the kissing simulation toy that was very popular a few months ago? It works on a similar principle. Many UP hosts have reviewed it, and I haven't seen anyone reject it.

Everyone in the conference room looked at each other. Although they still had some doubts, since President Lu had said so, what else could they say?

Yao Jun stood up and said hesitantly:
"Actually... Mr. Lu, the role of these peripherals is secondary. Players can just not use them. What I'm more worried about now is the core function of the glasses, which is the gaming experience.

How should I put it? This design always feels a bit too exaggerated.

What about emotion-sensing light sources, three-dimensional sound projection, real physical feedback...

At the current stage of development of the VR industry worldwide, even high-tech companies in Silicon Valley dare not say that their first-generation VR devices can achieve so many functions.

I always feel like our stall is a bit too big..."

After listening to Yao Jun's analysis, Lu Yu looked at him with approval.

Yao Jun's analysis can be said to coincide with his own ideas when he was working on a project in his previous life.

When doing a project in the early stages, you must make good use of Occam's razor and do not add entities unless necessary.

Therefore, Mao Wuyong's idea is destined to be full of naivety and unreliability.

But this is exactly the effect he wants!

It’s reliable, I haven’t established this project yet!
"It's okay. I think Mr. Mao Wuyong's idea is worth a try. Let them get started first."

In order not to reveal his true purpose and to convince his employees, Lu Yu gathered all his life's knowledge and squeezed out a new chicken soup joke:
"As the old saying goes, if you're just dreaming, you're creating problems; once you start, you're creating solutions. That's how life is. Don't worry about anything else; just get started!"

The word "life" once again made everyone in the conference room think of something!
I'm coming!
The long-awaited chicken soup jokes from Mr. Lu are here!

As everyone took out their notebooks to write down this sentence, they felt a little more relaxed.

Since Mr. Lu said so, there must be no problem!

Lu Yu breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

Very good. In his expectation, the VR device made by Mao Wuyong would definitely fail more miserably than all the products he had made before. Moreover, because this time there was Lu Yu's strong support, the stumble of Wuyong Technology would be even bigger than before!

Feelings of guilt and self-blame will completely make useless technology give up on competing in the technology industry and become a member of the group that just lies around and lives a life of idleness.

Then, I just need to use some tricks to spread this atmosphere of lying down to the entire company. Then, as long as we hold on to our territory, we can continue to start the cycle of earning points.

Lu Yu looked at everyone in the conference room and thought happily in his heart, our company has become so big now, why should we still be so competitive and work so hard?
Wouldn't it be nice to just lie down and relax with me?

You should be secretly happy to be able to join a company like Taoyuanxiang.

……

Some time later, news that Taoyuan Township was going to launch a new VR gaming equipment project began to spread within the technology circle.

In fact, because of Taoyuan Township's influence in the gaming field, this news began to break the circle and gradually spread to the public opinion field in the gaming and other fields.

After all, the company, Meiyayong Technology, was previously quite famous within the circle of investors in the technology industry.

However, this kind of fame comes in a less glorious form.

When those investors heard that there was actually someone willing to take over the weird startup company that they had blacklisted, they started to inquire around and naturally learned about Taoyuan Township's investment.

Soon, the influential Science and Technology Weekly magazine published a news headline on its homepage:
Taoyuan Township, a new dark horse in the gaming field, is planning the research and development of VR gaming equipment.

……

Jianghai City, Longteng Group Jianghai Branch Building.

Pei Shengnan, the general manager of the branch, was resting in his boss chair.

He loosened his tie and took a sip of tea.

In the morning, he attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Jianghai City Longteng VR Industrial Base.

This time, the resources invested by Longteng Group in the VR industry are few and far between, even looking around the world.

As the future heir of the Pei family, he naturally became the vanguard in grabbing land in this industry.

After a short break, he regained his spirits and opened his laptop.

As a result, he saw the news push homepage, which contained the news that Taoyuan Township was about to enter the VR field.

"What kind of company is Taoyuanxiang?"

Pei Shengnan frowned. He had not paid much attention to Taoyuan Township before.

The secretary standing by quietly leaned over and reminded:

"Boss Pei, Taoyuan Township was quite famous in the gaming and live streaming fields before, and...the founder of this company, Lu Yu, was the one who had a conflict with the daughter of Huangshi Yihuang's boss not long ago.

There are a lot of rumors going around right now that his girlfriend is Liu Mengyuan, the daughter of the Liu family."

"Oh……"

Pei Shengnan suddenly realized, "He was the one who bullied Old Huang's children? With such reckless and overconfident behavior, it's no wonder he did something like that."

The secretary whispered, "Boss Pei, do we need to do something special now to put pressure on Taoyuan Township?"

"Not yet."

Pei Shengnan took a sip of tea and waved his hand.

Now, his goal is to seize territory from the Liu Group.

Taoyuan Township is still too small, so small that it is just a small shrimp in the eyes of President Pei.

What is the difference with ants?
Pei Shengnan is a leading figure in the industry. There is no need for him to get caught in a whirlpool of public opinion at a critical stage of competition just to bully an unknown junior.

Since this kid surnamed Lu has walked into trouble and been involved in the business war between giants, even if Pei Shengnan does nothing, Taoyuan Township will have only one end, which is to be completely crushed!
……

Shenzhou City, Liu Group Headquarters Building.

At this time, Liu Lan was also sitting in the boss chair to rest.

Even the delicate makeup on her face couldn't hide the slightly visible dark circles under her eyes.

There is no way. The group has just entered the VR field recently, and it has been overwhelmed by various countermeasures taken by Longteng Group.

She was already exhausted just from dealing with the opponent's attacks.

This is the first time she has faced such strong pressure in the past 20 years since she took the helm of the Liu Group.

She sighed.

It seems that the feud with the Pei family will continue for a long time indefinitely.

Liu Lan lit a cigarette, picked up a courier box beside him and started to open it.

This was sent to her by Liu Mengyuan not long ago.

When I opened it, I found a bunch of small gifts and nourishing supplements from Dongshan Province, as well as a family photo.

The photo shows Liu Mengyuan and Lu Yu's family happily celebrating the New Year.

Seeing the smile on his daughter's face, Liu Lan fell into a long period of contemplation.

……

As Taoyuan Township's entry into the VR field continues to ferment in the media and public opinion circles, various media people have also expressed their opinions and expressed their pessimism about Taoyuan Township.

The tech self-media platform "Tech Lao Pao" with 10 million followers published a blog post:
“I think that if Taoyuan Township’s entry into VR isn’t just a marketing scam, it’s simply an egg hitting a stone.

I think that after witnessing the business war between Liu Group and Longteng Group, no one will easily join in and stir up this muddy water.

Even major companies like Tenghui have wisely stayed out of the VR hardware race. Other smaller companies have long since accepted investments from industry giants, siding with their leaders and swearing homage. "How many divisions do you have in Taoyuan Township?"

Soon, a large number of technology self-media published press releases, making open and implicit sarcasm:
Taoyuan Township's entry into VR: hype or overestimation?

Technology We-Media Expert: Taoyuan Township VR May Be a Bubble

"As a high-threshold technology field, why does Taoyuan Township have the courage to get involved?"

"With Longteng Group and Liu Group poised to dominate the VR market, isn't Taoyuan Township asking for trouble?" "Are gaming companies' cross-border ventures a rising star or a futile attempt to stop a chariot?"

……

In recent days, the employees of Taoyuan Township have been worried after seeing the public opinion online.

Lu Yu, on the other hand, acted quite relaxed and continued to provide various resource support for Useless Technology.

The employees looked at each other in bewilderment. It seemed that President Lu had already secured victory, and we were probably worrying for no reason... right?

During this period, Lu Yu specifically called Mao Wuyong to inquire about the progress of his project and explain issues such as employee benefits.

Mao Wuyong was flattered and said quickly:

"We haven't achieved anything yet, so we are too embarrassed to ask for benefits.

Moreover, I always feel that if my imagination is too open, it will have the opposite effect.

For example, not being able to grasp the focus of the product.

So, Mr. Lu, should we cut out some of the unnecessary ideas and focus on adapting the game performance? I started to hesitate..."

When Lu Yu heard this, he became alert.

Wow, after hitting the wall so many times, is it possible that this group of people are finally turning back and realizing the true meaning of product development?

That won’t work, he absolutely won’t allow it!

So, he said with a deliberately stern face:
"Teacher Mao, I'm disappointed when you say that. Think about what valuable qualities I saw in you when I invested in you."

Mao Wuyong hung up the phone, feeling a little confused.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Mengyuan called.

As the company's vice president, Liu Mengyuan is also responsible for earning proficiency points from 300 employees. Naturally, he cannot ignore the business line.

After exchanging pleasantries, Mao Wuyong curiously told Liu Mengyuan about his previous phone call with Lu Yu and asked her, "What does Mr. Lu mean?"

Liu Mengyuan smiled and said:
"Let me put it this way, Mr. Lu has a nickname in Taoyuan Township, called "Old Thousand Layer Cake"

In fact, to be honest, we old employees are also confused about how Taoyuan Township has come to this day.

But every time, the results proved that Mr. Lu was absolutely right.

So, you don’t have to worry at all, just continue to focus on doing your own thing.

Think about your own advantages and think about why Mr. Lu wanted to acquire you in the first place.

The answer is obvious.”

After hanging up the phone with Liu Mengyuan, Mao Wuyong relayed Mr. Liu's words to everyone.

Everyone was no longer confused.

"Teacher Mao, tell me, did Mr. Lu specifically look at our experience with failed products and decide to hire us?"

"Is it possible? I mean, are there really investors who are being taken advantage of?"

"Could it be that Mr. Lu has discovered an advantage in us that we didn't realize before, and is encouraging us?"

"Why don't we take all those weird technical details we did before and sew them into this product?"

"That's right. Anyway, Mr. Lu said that we can do whatever we want without any taboos. Why should we worry so much?"

Mao Wuyong gritted his teeth and stomped his feet.

"Okay, let's go all out and sew! Anything! Xiao Zhao, get out all those failed products from our previous startups. Let's brainstorm in the conference room and see which ones can be used on gaming helmets!"

……

At this time, Lu Yu was thinking that he should start working on the main task of the next cycle and make a VR game.

But now, he feels that the previous interview methods are unreliable.

The reason is simple. Both Mo Xiaoxuan and Wan Xiaotong were recruited through weird interview questions and waiting room observation. As a result, they have now become independent producers of popular games.

Is there any new method for selecting people?
Lu Yu thought so, and logged into Dilidili out of boredom, wanting to browse some videos to change his mood, and soon found a strange live broadcast segment:

"Hahaha, what a cute otaku girl. I'm about to fall asleep just by watching this clip."

The video shows the live broadcast page of the Taoyuan Light Year website. It should be an old live broadcast clip from the time when Taoyuan Light Year was first broadcast, mainly a collection of interactions between Melissa and randomly connected viewers.

A girl's room appears in the video.

The room was filled with scented mist, the whole room was in pink tones, and the bed was piled with two-dimensional pillows.

The bed sheets were a little messy, with the pleated skirt and tights that had just been taken off thrown on them casually. There were various galgame icons on the computer desktop, and beautiful girl figures were piled on the bookshelf.

The owner of the room was sitting on a gaming chair next to the computer, and it was obvious that she was a homebody.

She wore black-framed glasses, her skin was pale, and she had dark circles under her eyes. Her loose white shirt couldn't hide her plump figure and slender legs.

The girl introduced herself to Melissa, saying that she was a novelist and was writing a novel on the End Chinese website.

Melissa: “How do you get inspiration?”

Homegirl: "Art comes from life. I like to observe, because observing humans is a very interesting behavior."

Seeing this, Lu Yu immediately complained: "You talk as if you are not human yourself."

Homegirl: “However, we cannot completely rely on real-life materials. After all, novels require logic, but reality does not require any logic.

So when I was collecting material, I came across a lot of interesting plots, but because they were too outrageous, I had to force them to make them logical. It makes me very angry just thinking about it."

Afterwards, the homegirl talked to Melissa about her writing habits. For example, when she was tired, she would play some sexy games or watch some movies with only two actors, and then she would instantly feel refreshed!
The barrage of music:

"Good guy, it turns out she's still an old driver."

"Actually, there might be three, four, or even more actors..."

On the wall behind the otaku girl, Lu Yu saw many game posters:

"Tenjin Ranman", "Witch's Banquet", "Thousand Loves and Flowers", "Starlight Cafe and Death Butterfly"...

He was instantly shocked: "I'm Chao! Pomelo chef!"

Lu Yu observed for a while and found that this home girl was always slow and leisurely, not impatient or anxious.

As if time is not so urgent for her, her smile always has a lazy elegance.

His tone is soft and his voice is low, and he often yawns slightly when he speaks.

Lu Yu was even a little infected by her laziness, and subconsciously wanted to put down the work at hand and find a comfortable place to take a nap.

The barrage was also complaining at this time:
"Damn, looking at this girl's expression, I can't help yawning."

"I always feel like this girl has this aura that makes people around her want to sleep in."

Melissa finally asked:
"Besides writing novels and making games, if you had the opportunity to choose a new way of life, what would you like to try?"

The house girl thought for a moment and said:

"Delivering food, because it's a very physically demanding job and it allows me to completely clear my mind. Plus, I can earn money from each order I complete, without having to worry about whether my novel subscription data will crash..."

When Lu Yu saw this, he was instantly happy:
Wow, such a lazy and negative attitude towards life, great, what a talent!
Although I don’t know if there are other girls like you on the Taoyuan Light Year platform.

But, it’s better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early, it’s you!

Lu Yu immediately sent someone to use the website backend to send a private message to the user and extend a recruitment invitation to him.

Unexpectedly, after sending a private message, the other party actually replied and agreed to come for an interview.

……

Three days later, the writer appeared in the interview room in Taoyuan Township.

Lu Yu decided to interview her in person.

She was still wearing the JK uniform, with dark circles under her eyes and a sleepy look. Her image was basically the same as in the live broadcast, revealing a sense of laziness and decadence.

Moreover, before Lu Yu started chatting with this girl, he suddenly felt like he was about to fall asleep. What was going on?

(End of this chapter)